Vallemar Elementary

Vallemar Elementary, a mid-tier elementary-level community in Pacifica, California, run under Pacifica, caters to 500 students, covering grades K through 8.

Within Pacifica, which oversees 7 schools and 2,640 students, Vallemar Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Vallemar Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 14% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with San Mateo County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Vallemar Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against San Mateo County (around 34%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Vallemar Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.2%, the actual is 58.8%, a residual of -11.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (San Mateo County) logs that median household income runs about $158,855, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Vallemar Elementary is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cabrillo Elementary, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Vallemar Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Vallemar Elementary has declined 3%, going from 515 students in 2018 to 500 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 in 2025.

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